This adorable wolf puppy has a case of the hiccups

Hiccups are never fun to deal with—unless you’re a human watching an animal with a case of them. Then it’s usually cute and adorable.

Case in point is Nikai, an 8-week-old wolf puppy and the newest addition to the Wolf Conservation Center’s Ambassador Pack in South Salem, N.Y. He has a fairly normal life at the conservation, but one day he got himself a case of the hiccups.

He seems to have no idea what’s happening to him, which only makes it even better—for us.

“Although the wolf’s howl is has [sic] been the inspiration for films, essays, poems, etc... we think there is another sound that evokes equal levels of emotion and excitement,” the Wolf Conservation Center wrote.